Toady I received confirmation for my latest planned trip. I shall be travelling to Moscow in October for a week, and whilst their will be watching England play their penultimate qualifying match for the 2008 European Football Championships.
We intend to travel on the Monday watch the midweek game and fly back on the Friday, so although the core reason for the trip is an England match, there will be time to soak up the unique atmosphere that I imagine Moscow has to offer.
For me it was the chance to visit a place that in all honesty I may never get the opportunity to visit again. I mean, for what it costs would you not prefer to travel to somewhere hot? Who in their right mind would travel with me to Russia in mid October to stay in -2 temperatures? I felt only England supporters provided answers to this. Bottom line, I felt the game provided a great excuse to visit an area of the world I have always shown a keen interest in.
The former communist state, as with many Eastern European countries has undergone such change over the past decade seeing it for myself really appealed to me. It have also recently looked into travelling to other former communist states including the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and even Romania, so when the oppertunity to travel to Moscow came up I had to take it . The trip will provide a great oppertunity to see the results of Russia’s evolution within its political and economic system from a socialist economy to state capitalism.
Defiantly a trip with a twist.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:33 am
What a trip! That sounds awesome. The weather maybe cold, but I reckon Russia must be a very interesting country to visit. Be interested to know how you get on over there. Keep us updated mate.